Improvement in traces for harness



G. W. SLAUSON @I C. H. TRIPHAGEN.

TnAcns For. HARNESS.

No.175,179. Patented mmh 21.1876.

UNITED .STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SLAUSON AND CHARLES H. TRIPHAGEN, OF PEWAMO, MICH.V

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACES FOR HARNESS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 175,179, dated March21, 1876; application led February 11, 1876.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. SLAUsoN and CHARLES H. TRIPHAGEN, ot'Pewamo, in the county ot' Ionia and State of Michigan, have inveu tedcertain new and useful linpr'ovements in Fastening Traces toWhifletrees; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereot', which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, -Which form a part of this specitication.

Our invention relates to the ordinary tracefastening, consisting of aslot formed in theend ot' a trace, and adapted to receive a metal eye onthe end ot' a whiflietrec; and it consists in providing the slotted endofthe trace with a piece ot' sheetrubber, sewed into the saine, andfilling the slot therein except at the rear end, as will be hereinaftermore fully set forth. In the annexed drawing, Figure 1 is a sideelevation, and Fig. 2 a central horizontal section. f

A represents a whifletree, provided at its end with the ordinary T-shaped eye B. G represents the trace, provided at or near the end' withthe usual slot a for the passage of the eye B. D is a piece ofsheet-rubber, stitched between the pieces 4ot' leather that form thetrace. This rubber fills the slot a with the exception of the rear end,Where a round hole is left the size of the shank of the eye B. There isalso a slit. b, cut in the rubber' D in the slot a to admit of thepassage of the head of' the eye B. When this head is passed through, therubber closes around the shankand fastens it securely, so that it cannotunhook.

We are aware that elastic material has been used, in combination withmetal plates, tc., for curtains and the like, and we do not, broadly,claim such as our invention; but by our construction all metal platesare dispensed with, and a securityY given to traces never beforeattained by so simple and cheap device. It does not materially add tothe eXpenseot' the trace.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The trace C, provided with the usual slot a, in combination with therubber D, fastened between the two parts ofthe trace, as shown, andprovided with a perforation at the lower end, constructed and arrangedas and for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we at'lix oursignatures in presence of two witnesses.

G EURGE W. SLAUSON. CHARLES H. TRIPHAGEN. Witnesses:

MARY PARTLOW, EDWARD VAN LEWEN.

